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  2. Slavery in the Trucial States - Wikipedia

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    Pearl divers in the Persian Gulf. At the time, the pearl industry was dominated by slave labor. Oil field 1932. The British Foreign Office unsuccessfully asked the Iraq Petroleum Company not to use slave labor in the Gulf. Pearl divers in Abu Dhabi. Chattel slavery existed in the Trucial States (1892–1971), which later formed the United Arab ...

  3. Human rights in Dubai - Wikipedia

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    Foreign laborers in Dubai often live in conditions described by Human Rights Watch as being "less than humane", [4] [5] and was the subject of the documentary, Slaves of Dubai. [6] A 2006 NPR report quoted Baya Sayid Mubarak, the Indian consul for labor and welfare in Dubai, as saying: "the city's economic miracle would not be possible without ...

  4. Slavery in China - Wikipedia

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    The report of slavery in China to the Temporary Slavery Commission (TSC) of 1924-1926 described the Mui Tsai trade in girls, which was a matter given international attention at this point. [49] Hong Kong refused to provide any information with the motivation that there was no slavery in Hong Kong. [50]

  5. Opinion - Is that slavery on your pasta? Uyghur forced labor ...

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    China's Xinjiang region is using agricultural industrialization to dismantle traditional communities and exploit Uyghur farmers, resulting in tainted products entering global supply chains and ...

  6. Human rights in the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    DIFC Labour Law – Applies to all companies in the Dubai International Financial Centre free zone. [246] Labour laws generally favour the employer and are less focused on the rights of employees. The Ministry of Labour is criticised for loosely enforcing these laws, most notably late or no wage or overtime payment for both blue collar and ...

  7. New report details labor rights abuses at Dubai's Expo 2020 - AOL

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    The legions of workers who built Dubai’s extravagant Expo 2020 site and keep it running face exploitation, grim conditions and a wide range of labor abuses, according to a new report released on ...

  8. US bars imports from China footwear, seafood, aluminum firms ...

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. has added three more companies to a list that bars imports from firms allegedly involved with Uyghur forced labor in China, according to a U.S. government notice ...

  9. Slavery in Asia - Wikipedia

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    Although slavery has been abolished in China since 1910, [61] in 2018, the Global Slavery Index estimated that there are approximately 3.8 million people enslaved in China. [ 62 ] Throughout the 1930s and 1940s the Yi people (also known as Nuosu) of China terrorized Sichuan to rob and enslave non-Nuosu including Han people .